Posts Tagged ‘inmate health’

Mississippi Inmate deaths from illness highest in U.S.

Monday, December 1st, 2008

The following article about inmates dying from poorly treated medical conditions appeared in the Mississippi Clarion Ledger:

State prisoners in Mississippi are sick and dying at one of the highest rates in the nation.

Mississippi is second only to Tennessee in per-capita deaths among inmates, based on the latest national data. Five years earlier, the state ranked 23rd and was at the national average. (more…)